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Christopher Quast 0

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Dont go cheap or you will get what what you pay for, my buddy has a FISH CAM from GM and he likes it has a nice big screen, Not much over a 100.00 and I have a aqua view ZT and liked till yesterday when I dropped the little fish and broke the fin off of it and now I think it is shot.

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Shack 16

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Personally! I would either by the cheapest one, or put out the doe for the best Marcum has to offer.

Even the $100 units will do what you want (see under the ice in relatively clear water during the day). I purchased an Aqua Cam 4 or so years ago and it has worked very well for the price I paid for it. I figured I would start out with this unit and if I really got into it, upgrade when needed. Well, after the years I still find this unit does what I want, for the limited capabilities it has to offer. But, I feel if I had the top of the line Marcum, I would use a camera way more than I use the one I have now.

I wrestled with the thought of buying the top of the line Marcum this year, but I backed off. I told my self to use my camera more this year and then next year (if justification can be had), buy the best Marcum has to offer. (IMO), why drop $300-$400 bills on a large screen, SD card slot, video jacks, when a couple hundred more can get you color, better camera for dark light and an all around way better quality unit. If you going to go with a higher end unit, just spend or save up the extra money and buy the best from Marcum. Or!! For right now buy just a plain old camera, to experiment with and see if it is something you want to further.

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I have the $100 FishTV and it works fine for what I want. I find the biggest pain is bending over in tight quarters (ice shack) an dicking around with positioning the thing. I have a Marcum disk that works once its set. I was eyeballing a better holder like the tripods. Any opinions there would be appreciated. Thanks all and good luck!

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thedebsterus 0

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AguaView Scout XL w/ a 7" screen and I like it alot. I hook it up to my TV in the shack and its awesome...good quality piece of equipment and its amazing how many fish come up to the camera to check it out.

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Red, stay with the Marcum disk! I've had both, and the disk holds the cord better so even though you still have to d i c k with it to see your jig, it doesn't keep spining in the holder like the little black button does on the tripod Oh plus the little black buttons that hold the cable on the tripod, don't float if your hands are freezing and you are trying to adjust the cable depth and drop it in the hole!!

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I have the $100 FishTV and it works fine for what I want. I find the biggest pain is bending over in tight quarters (ice shack) an dicking around with positioning the thing. I have a Marcum disk that works once its set. I was eyeballing a better holder like the tripods. Any opinions there would be appreciated. Thanks all and good luck!

yup I have the same problem. what I usually do is put it on the hook so if faces down. that works very well for me.

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I also have the Aquaview Scout w/a 7" screen and I am on my third camera. Just wondering if anyone else has encountered problems? The camera leaked and would "fog" up the lens. I returned the first unit 2 years ago. The second unit lasted a full ice season and then started to do the same thing as the first. I just returned from the pond today and my third camera seems to be right on track with the two previous with the "fogging". Is it just me or has anyone else had problems?

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legend_89 I had two Aquaviews that leaked also! The issue with some of them is that the camra doesn't leak but the braiding on the wire inside the cable pokes little holes in the rubber cover when you wind it up and let it out and then the water runs down into the camra through the cable at the top. They said they were working on a fix for that issue but after 2 and paying for the second repair! I wasn't going to wait and got a different camra that I have had for about 3 years now without a leak!

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OLY 0

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I would recomend that you look into the cabelas models. I have the seven inch model and it was cheap and works awesome. They have a few new models out this year and the price has come down even lower from last year, thay are sweet cameras.

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Burnham 0

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i bought the last 5" scout at a store today, and they said they dont make them anymore....i was wondering, could i hook it up to a regular maybe 12" tv and record it...because i thought the nicer aqua views had a built in vcr, but was thinking i could just hook it up to a tv somehow???

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Well “sadly”. Yes I just said that. Winter is coming to an end and gross summer is near. The hot temps, Humidity, mosquitoes, crazy busy boat landings, drunk boaters. The worst time of the year is near. Life is so blah now. No snowmobiling, no ice fishing, ( I wouldn’t be done for awhile yet but mom won’t let me go anymore😳), I mean really!? I could still drive my truck out What’s more dangerous late ice or being out on first ice on 2”-4”? It’s just water, mud and by far my least favorite time of year. This winter just went by way way to fast! But it is what it is. Can’t believe it, but so long winter 18-19😭🙋‍♂️. In summary probably one of the top ice seasons for me! It’ll make me feel better if I can share some pics with y’all. Enjoy! This is only a VERY few select pics from the winter. Biggest walleye- 21” (caught 3 total all caught while fishing for crappies or gills). Biggest gill- 9-3/4”. Biggest crappie- 13”. Total ice outings 29. (I wanted one more to reach 30). 26 angling outings, 3 dark house spearing outings.

I am new to catfishing, and live near the stretch of the Mississippi river above the Ford lock and dam to the Marshall Ave. bridge. I have walked along the shore, and found some spots I think would hold some catfish. My only concern is how shallow the river is here. I will be trying these spots within the next two weeks. I am curious if anyone has had success in this section, or will I be wasting my time?

I just wrote to those five people. I am amazed at how I live in the South Haven area and yet every time I learn about these meetings after they happen. And they don’t understand why we feel they want us to stay off “their lake”. Need to be more open and up front publicly about these meetings.
As I have stated before in another forum, I have not fished Sylvia since this was implemented. Also I have not bought bait or boat gas in South Haven the last 2 years. I will spend my money where it is welcomed. I have been cleaning my boat at landings for years, plus power washing it when I get home. I am sure many good anglers/boaters do as well and for them to make us go through this inspection, which is out of the way and not even open 24 hours is rediculous. I am all for stopping the spread of AIS, but there needs to be better ways of doing a it than keeping the lake from all users.
We need everyone to get involved in this even if you don’t live near these lakes. AIS is affecting us all but we need everyone to speak up about how it will be dealt with, or more lakes will be “closed” to the public with this inspection program.

My point was that I don't want ANY ethanol in an engine/motor that gets used for a while and then sits there - that's why I run ethanol free premium in them. The ethanol sits there and gums up vital engine parts. All of my irregular use engines are modern 4-strokes that run very smoothly and use a minimal amount of fuel and I'm going to do everything I can to keep them like that. I use normal 87 or 89 octane unleaded in my truck because I use that almost every day all year round.

Got 5 nice 12"ers to fill my special regulation lake limit.. Morning bite was as good as evening bite has been. Released another 7 smaller 10" class fish. Fished 545-700 am. Crappie minnows were the bait of choice today. 1 rod was all I could handle with these suicidal slabs. Had one snap my 4# test flourocarbon leader on the hookset.